God's Children Love His Law
Scripture: Psalm 119:97Devotional Series: The Good Shepherd
Teaching: The Good Shepherd pt. 1 (SUN_AM 2021-03-07) by Pastor Star R Scott
“O how I love thy Law! It is my meditation all the day” (Psalm 119:97). As we are coming into these last days, and that secret power of lawlessness is working, you will be hearing from all types of instructors from the Great Whore saying, “You have rights. You’re in charge. You’re privileged. You’re special.” It’s everything that promotes self‑exaltation and independence. None of us likes to be told what to do, yet God is telling us, if we are going to stand in this last hour, “You need to listen very clearly because I have set people in your life to tell you what to do and to save you from yourself.” The source of what teachers tell you must be the Word of God; and you must be noble enough, as the Bereans were, to go search that out and find out if it’s so. If is, do it! Amen? See, that’s how it works, but there is this spirit that, if our hearts aren’t right, if it’s hard ground as in the Parable of the Sower, it doesn’t matter what or how much Word you have memorized or how much Word somebody speaks to you, you will not get fruit that remains; Satan will come immediately and take it out. Or the promises will rise up with gladness until times get rough, the moment adversity and persecution come, you faint. Or, as with thorny ground, the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, the lust of other things, enter in and choke the Word of God out of your heart. You see, you could be getting all the Word possible from this pulpit, from brothers and sisters, from your own personal study but, if your heart is not right, you won’t get any fruit. What makes the heart right? It’s humility. What makes the heart right? It’s submission to Jesus’ lordship, to the authority of the Word of God.
So, we’re being admonished to have a love for God’s Word. You see that the judgment of the Law, is for the lawless. First Timothy, Chapter 1, verse 9 says it this way: “…the Law is not made for a righteous man.” Who is the righteous man? He’s the man who is alive in God through Jesus, whose righteousness is the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus: it’s a without‑works righteousness; it’s by faith. As we stand before God as the redeemed, as we stand before God as those who are truly justified, our faith in Jesus is what causes us to constantly fulfill the Law of God as Christ did. It’s in Him: we cannot fulfill the Law in and of ourselves; there is nothing in us that is capable of doing works that will satisfy or appease God; we all know it was only done through the blood of Jesus. But if Jesus is living His life through us then, when we get off course from the Word, we will immediately be offended by our own thoughts, our actions, and those around us; all that Word in us will begin to convict us and that “schoolmaster” will rise up and begin to say, “You’re off course.” Now, let’s not get caught up in specific sins, because this is one thing that the Scripture speaks toward very clearly: 1 John 3:4 says, “…sin is the transgression of the law.” James 2:10 says, “If you’re guilty of one, you’re guilty of all”; amen? Think about that: If you are guilty of one sin, then you’re guilty of all sins. Aren’t you thankful for Jesus? Hallelujah!
Now, can one evil thought, one sin, cause us to be separated from God? No! That has all been provided for through Jesus’ sacrifice. It’s thinking that you have a right to commit that sin, that you have a right to take that choice. You are not your own; you are bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:19‑20). It’s not what you did; it’s your rebellious heart, that heart that says, “We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14). That heart Jesus speaks toward, saying, “The Holy Spirit is here to convict and convince the world of sin, because they believe not on Me” (John 16:7-9); amen?
So, we’re being admonished to have a love for God’s Word. You see that the judgment of the Law, is for the lawless. First Timothy, Chapter 1, verse 9 says it this way: “…the Law is not made for a righteous man.” Who is the righteous man? He’s the man who is alive in God through Jesus, whose righteousness is the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus: it’s a without‑works righteousness; it’s by faith. As we stand before God as the redeemed, as we stand before God as those who are truly justified, our faith in Jesus is what causes us to constantly fulfill the Law of God as Christ did. It’s in Him: we cannot fulfill the Law in and of ourselves; there is nothing in us that is capable of doing works that will satisfy or appease God; we all know it was only done through the blood of Jesus. But if Jesus is living His life through us then, when we get off course from the Word, we will immediately be offended by our own thoughts, our actions, and those around us; all that Word in us will begin to convict us and that “schoolmaster” will rise up and begin to say, “You’re off course.” Now, let’s not get caught up in specific sins, because this is one thing that the Scripture speaks toward very clearly: 1 John 3:4 says, “…sin is the transgression of the law.” James 2:10 says, “If you’re guilty of one, you’re guilty of all”; amen? Think about that: If you are guilty of one sin, then you’re guilty of all sins. Aren’t you thankful for Jesus? Hallelujah!
Now, can one evil thought, one sin, cause us to be separated from God? No! That has all been provided for through Jesus’ sacrifice. It’s thinking that you have a right to commit that sin, that you have a right to take that choice. You are not your own; you are bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:19‑20). It’s not what you did; it’s your rebellious heart, that heart that says, “We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14). That heart Jesus speaks toward, saying, “The Holy Spirit is here to convict and convince the world of sin, because they believe not on Me” (John 16:7-9); amen?